Some newbie help And info needed with a Steyr lp5

[Benelli B76]

Marc, the valve that seals the gas in is the one in the cylinder you are filling. Make sure you unscrew that from the brass adapter when you have filled. Do not unscrew the adapter from the extinguisher first as this will vent all the gas you have filled. As Harvey says you can weigh the cylinder empty before filling. To get the most C02 in put the cylinder in your freezer but not for too long as you can freeze up the valve in it. The warmer the dispenser (extinguisher) and the colder the receiver (cylinder) you will transfer more CO2.It is not necessary to fill the cylinder completely to the specific weight mentioned, you will still get a lot of shots. On your photos you show a brass fitting, has that got the female extinguisher thread cut into it ? If you were in UK I would have liked to buy it from you or swap a nice target pistol such as the Baikal IZH 46M.

Baz.

[22-lr]

Thank you all for the very valuable input. Yes the bras connector has the female coupling for I believe a fire extinghuiser, although it does not fit the one I have a my place, so either I need a different fire extinghuiser, or I need to find a different connector. Both are options. It will take me a trip to the local hardwarestore to probably find what I need. Will keep you posted on my progress.
I hope in a very short future I may bug you again with some questions.

[harvey_s]

Looking at the rest of of your photos - the weights are stamped on them : full = 240g, empty = 187g.
Now you know this - weighing the cylinders at any time can tell you the capacity of co2 left in them.
As baz points out its not the end of the world if the fill isn't 100% you'll just get a few shots less, but try not to over fill them otherwise the first shots could be under powered.

[22-lr]

Looking at the rest of of your photos - the weights are stamped on them : full = 240g, empty = 187g.
Now you know this - weighing the cylinders at any time can tell you the capacity of co2 left in them.
As baz points out its not the end of the world if the fill isn't 100% you'll just get a few shots less, but try not to over fill them otherwise the first shots could be under powered.

Thanks, I havn't even noticed that. Does make things a lot easier. Now let's just see How accurate the kitchen scale is :-). I wonder if my wife will ask why I would need this.

[22-lr]

On your photos you show a brass fitting, has that got the female extinguisher thread cut into it ? If you were in UK I would have liked to buy it from you or swap a nice target pistol such as the Baikal IZH 46M.

Baz.

Baz,
Thanks for the info. The brass fitting has a female connector, but the fire extinghuiser thread is smaller, now it could be that this is not a standard extinghuiser, so I have 2 options, either look for a connector piece between both, or try to get a standard fire extinghuiser. I'll keep you posted On the progress.

[hwtyger]

Dont worry too much about the freezer, I never had problems with any valve freezing.
Yr missing the bleeding thingie though, cant see it on yr pics.
Filling is easy, screw it on (I advise gloves) and screw open the valve. Doesnt have to be slowly, its not pcp, it fills on weight.
If its slightly overfilled, you get first shots louder than usual. But dont really overfill. It wont shoot well.
I had mine converted because it needed an overhaul and pcp conversion was the cheapest option, but it does 70 shots tops on pcp..
Its empty before you know it with the 5shot mag..
While the morini pcp etc easily do 200 shots on a fill..
Also have issues filling; when I screw it on the bottle to top up, it totally empties.. Kinda worthless..
You cán convert it, but imo, its not really designed for it.
I think 250 is too low, LP5's are rare, and are worth more than LP1's.
I'd keep it on co2.
Only downside is, that it may freeze up when really fastfired and co2 is low.
And ofcourse, balance change.

[22-lr]

Dont worry too much about the freezer, I never had problems with any valve freezing.
Yr missing the bleeding thingie though, cant see it on yr pics.

I think I do have the bleeding thing. If you look at this picture it is in the bottom left corner below the brass filling tip. - I hope this is the thing you are refering to.
http://users.telenet.be/vanbeeumen/IMG_0425.JPG

I also have a second hand CO2 fireextuinghuiser heading my way, it was only 10 euro's. And as a start this should be more than enough to keep me going for a while.
http://users.telenet.be/vanbeeumen/IMG_0428.JPG
http://users.telenet.be/vanbeeumen/IMG_0429.JPG

BR
Marc